Open Calls for Views
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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill
The Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 17 March 2025 by Daniel Johnson MSP, the Member in Charge. It aims to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion of children and young people in schools. Purpose of the Bill The Bill creates duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. The Scottish Government would need to issue statutory guidance to education providers about the use of restraint and seclusion in schools....
Closes 11 July 2025
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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Daniel Johnson MSP has introduced this Member’s Bill. This Bill creates statutory guidance and duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. Restraint is preventing someone’s movement. Seclusion is isolating someone and preventing them from leaving the place where they are isolated. The guidance and duties in the Bill will apply to public and independently funded schools. The guidance and duties would not apply to...
Closes 11 July 2025
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Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures
The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report – April 2025 states that: “The Scottish Government will face significant challenges funding devolved public services in the future, particularly over the next twenty-five years… because the population in Scotland will age earlier than in the rest of the UK”. However: “… if improvements in population health can be achieved, pressure on health-related spending may be reduced in the...
Closes 11 August 2025
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Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
The Finance and Public Administration Committee is seeking views on the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill. About the Bill The Bill introduces a new tax, called the Scottish Building Safety Levy, to be charged on the construction of residential property development in Scotland. This follows an amendment to the Scotland Act 1998 to include powers for a devolved tax to be charged in relation to certain steps in the building control process. The main aim of the bill is to...
Closes 15 August 2025
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Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee plan to undertake scrutiny of the Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan in September 2025. The Proposed National Plan was laid in the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Government on 27 June 2025 and can be accessed here: Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan . Before finalising the Plan, the Scottish Government is required to have regard to: ...
Closes 15 August 2025
Forthcoming Calls for Views
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Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
The Bill makes destroying, damaging or desecrating a war memorial a specific statutory offence. It proposes that the penalties for this offence would be 10 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. The Bill defines desecrating a war memorial in a way that includes what might be seen as acts of disrespect. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Meghan Gallacher MSP on 14 May 2025. Read and find out more about the Bill: ...
Opens 7 July 2025
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Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
The Bill sets out that public bodies must take account of the need to promote wellbeing and sustainable development in their work. It sets out the definitions of “sustainable development” and “wellbeing” for this purpose. The Bill would also establish a Future Generations Commissioner. The Commissioner would promote the wellbeing of future generations and sustainable development in decision making by all public bodies, including by publishing guidance to help public bodies...
Opens 7 July 2025
Closed Calls for Views
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UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill bans certain commercial activities from taking place in relation to the UEFA European Football Championship that is to be held, in part, in Glasgow. Scotland will be one of the host nations for the 2028 Championship (EURO 2028). The Bill will ban: the unauthorised sale of Championship tickets for more than the face value or with a view to making a profit unauthorised street trading within an event zone at a prohibited time during the Championship...
Closed 28 May 2025
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Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill
The Economy and Fair Work Committee wants to hear your views on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. This Bill was introduced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday 20 March 2025. What does the Bill do? Community Wealth Building (CWB) is an approach to economic development that tries to use the power of ‘anchor organisations’ to grow and retain wealth within a local economy. Anchor organisations can be public, private, or third sector bodies that have a...
Closed 26 May 2025
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Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Community wealth building is an approach to economic development. It focuses on ensuring that economic wealth is generated, circulated and retained in local communities. The Bill, as introduced by the Scottish Government, would instruct Ministers to publish a community wealth building statement. This would set out the measures they intend to take in relation to community wealth building. Ministers must also publish guidance on community wealth building. ...
Closed 23 May 2025
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Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill As introduced, the Bill has four main parts. Part 1 says that the Scottish Government must introduce targets to improve biodiversity. Part 2 allows the Scottish Government to make and change laws relating to the Environmental Impact Assessments regime and the Habitats Regulations. This would replace a power that was lost as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU. Part 3 updates the aims of National Parks and makes changes to the way National Parks are run....
Closed 12 May 2025
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Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is seeking your views on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill , which was introduced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday 19 February 2025. What does the Bill do? The Bill aims to support the protection and restoration of Scotland’s natural environment, and to assist the delivery of the Scottish Government’s net zero and biodiversity objectives. The Policy Memorandum for the Bill defines the ‘natural environment’ as: ...
Closed 9 May 2025